police authoritymeans— (a) a police authority constituted under section 3 of the Police Act 1964, and (b) the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a police authority;
the Actmeans the Local Government Act 1988;
the costmeans the estimated total annual cost including overheads;
the specified workmeans functional work falling within section 2(2)(b) (cleaning of buildings) of the Act by reason only of article 3 of the Local Government Act 1988 (Competition) (Defined Activities) Order 1995;
voluntary competitive tenderingmeans the awarding of work following a competitive process in the course of which at least 3 persons were invited to tender for the work, being persons other than the police authority carrying out the work or the police authority which, by virtue of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994, it supersedes.